Wagon-brake.



PATENTBD DEC. 5, 1905.. J. R. CRISP, L. F. SAWYER & (LE. G RICH.

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WAGON BRAKE I APPLICATION FILED JULYI'Y, 1905.

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" UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIGE.v

JOSEPH RUSSEL' CRISP, LEWIS FRANKLIN SAWYER, AND CHARLES HENRY CLAY RICH, 'OF ALMOND, NORTH CAROLINA.

WAGON-BRAKE. I

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905,

Application filed July 1'7, 1905. Serial No. 270,140.

To aZZ whom/it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH RUSSEL. 'JORrsP, LEWIS I CHARLES HENRY CLAY R1011, citlzens of the.

FRANKLIN V SAWYER, and

United States, residing at Almond, in the county of Swain and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and" useful {improvements in Wagon Brakes; and we o This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in Wagon-brakes and the object in view is to roduce a simple and eff cient device ofth1s character comprising aswinging brake-shoe-carrying bar which is suspended fromthe rear hound of the running-gear and provided with a plurality of levers so arranged-that the brake maybe easily and quickly applied. v

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction and in combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the a pended claim.

Our invention' is ill panying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the running-gear, showin our improved brake apparatus as applied t ereto, and Fig.

2 is a side elevation showing the rocking movement of the brake-shoe-carrying bar.

Reference now being had to'the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the rear axle of: the running-gear, having a bolster mounted thereon and a hound B supporting a crosspiece 0, which is longitudinally grooved, as at 0, upon its upper face. Said .cross-piece is fastened in any suitable manner to the piece forming the hound, and D designates a rock-shaft, mounted in said groove C and retained in place by means of straps or. hearing members E. The ends of said cross-piece Care cut away, as at F, and said shaft D is adapted to rock in said groove 0.

ustrated in the accom- N, and the outer portions of said rock-shaft D are bent at angles, as at H ,and their ends fastened in anysuitable manner to the bar K. G designates a bracket member which is fastened to the rear axle and has arms G, one

of which is bent'at an angle and each being perforated to receive a pivotal pin G.

J designates a lever pivotally mounted upon said pivotal pin and is provided with series of perforationsJ, in which one end of a rod Q may be adjustably held, the other end designates a bar carrying brake-shoes of said rod being fastened to the bar K at Q.

. Idesignates a lever, the lower end of which is pivotally connected to a bracket-arm I which is fastened to the bar K, and L is a pivota :upon which the lever I is mounted.

an end of the lever I, and its other end is turned into an eye S and is adapted to engage an eye fixed to the bar J The upper end of the lever I may be connected by means of a rod or other suitable mechanism whereby the brake may be actuated at a convenient location from the seat of the wagon. A suitable guide W is fastened to the under side of the hound and is adapted to support the outer end of the lever J. In operation it will be noted that a'forward pull of the lever I will cause the leverJ to tilt and through its connections with the barK cause'the shaft D to rock, and the brakeshoes' carried by the bar K will be forced against the wheel of the vehicle, thus Securely holding the shoes set by means of the increased leverage incident to the pluralities of levers and connections. I

Having thus fully described our invention,

what we claim as new, and desire to secure by S designates a rod connected at one end to.

pin, carried by the bracket-arm I, and

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiiX our 10 signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH RUSSEL CRISP. LEWIS FRANKLIN SAWYER. CHAS. HENRY CLAY RICH.

Witnesses:

H. S. BAKER, J. A. COOPER. 

